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0 points3eb7988a16632mo ago0 comments

It was worse than that, the reporting from an earlier story[0]

  ...Unable to pay her bills from jail, she lost her home, her car and even her dog.

There is not a jury in the country that will side against the woman. I am not even sure who will make the best pop culture mashup - John Wick or a country song writer?

(Also, what happened to journalism - no Oxford comma?)

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47356968

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cguess2mo ago· 4 in thread

As an aside AP Style is not use an Oxford comma, and that's been the rule for 50+ years https://www.prnewsonline.com/explainer-how-to-use-oxford-com...

3eb7988a1663OP2mo ago

This is upsetting.

erikerikson2mo ago

Yes, finding out how badly wrong you were is never fun. Of course the lack of ubiquitous Oxford comma use is itself and separately displeasing.

krferriter2mo ago

AP Style is simply wrong on this, then.

kbelder2mo ago

Well, omitting the Oxford comma is the traditionally correct thing to do. I use the Oxford comma, it makes sense, but it is new. A hundred years ago it would have been considered an error by nearly every editor.

frankharv2mo ago· 2 in thread

Indeed let out on Christmas Eve with no money 1000 miles from your homeland.

Where your home was lost to foreclosure because one JUDGE did not look at the paperwork.

There should be a way to personally sue somebody when they don't do their job. Protecting the innocent. The JUDGE failed badly here.

Flimsy evidence would mean no warrant. Do your basic investigation please... Rubberstamping JUDGE caused this.

Why are they not named? Like they are a spectator. Infact they are the cause.

fc417fc8022mo ago

TBF isn't it rather unreasonable that our system permits your home to be foreclosed while you're detained prior to a hearing?

Also rather unreasonable to arrest someone who is clearly neither violent nor a flight risk. You could literally hold the trial via video conference at that point and there would be no downside.

FireBeyond2mo ago

At the risk of sounding like more of an anarchist (irony, autocorrect went with absurdist which isn’t entirely wrong either) than I might usually feel, that all depends on who you believe the system is for and works for? If you believe it’s “capitalism” as been so often proven, then it could be said that it’s entirely “reasonable”.

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segmondy2mo ago· 2 in thread

You have more faith in the country than I do.

3eb7988a1663OP2mo ago

Normally, I would be a bit more grim, but people love their animals. I pray even the staunchest authoritarian would see the injustice of losing a dog.

deaux2mo ago

You're not aware of Noem killing her dog by shooting it in the face, lining up three horses and shooting them, while being proud of it all?

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redeeman2mo ago

anyone in the chain of responsibility should be punished so severely that they will be still crying about it in 2030

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12 comments · 4 top-level

cguess2mo ago· 4 in thread

As an aside AP Style is not use an Oxford comma, and that's been the rule for 50+ years https://www.prnewsonline.com/explainer-how-to-use-oxford-com...

3eb7988a1663OP2mo ago

This is upsetting.

erikerikson2mo ago

Yes, finding out how badly wrong you were is never fun. Of course the lack of ubiquitous Oxford comma use is itself and separately displeasing.

krferriter2mo ago

AP Style is simply wrong on this, then.

kbelder2mo ago

frankharv2mo ago· 2 in thread

Indeed let out on Christmas Eve with no money 1000 miles from your homeland.

Where your home was lost to foreclosure because one JUDGE did not look at the paperwork.

There should be a way to personally sue somebody when they don't do their job. Protecting the innocent. The JUDGE failed badly here.

Flimsy evidence would mean no warrant. Do your basic investigation please... Rubberstamping JUDGE caused this.

Why are they not named? Like they are a spectator. Infact they are the cause.

fc417fc8022mo ago

TBF isn't it rather unreasonable that our system permits your home to be foreclosed while you're detained prior to a hearing?

Also rather unreasonable to arrest someone who is clearly neither violent nor a flight risk. You could literally hold the trial via video conference at that point and there would be no downside.

FireBeyond2mo ago

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segmondy2mo ago· 2 in thread

You have more faith in the country than I do.

3eb7988a1663OP2mo ago

Normally, I would be a bit more grim, but people love their animals. I pray even the staunchest authoritarian would see the injustice of losing a dog.

deaux2mo ago

You're not aware of Noem killing her dog by shooting it in the face, lining up three horses and shooting them, while being proud of it all?

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redeeman2mo ago

anyone in the chain of responsibility should be punished so severely that they will be still crying about it in 2030

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse